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The Latest Breaking News from Companies House

Want to set up a scam company? No problem, use any name you like as a director, Companies House won't check

Andrew Penman on how the war in Ukraine and desire to root out Russian dirty money could spur long overdue reforms of Companies House

Daily Mirror

UK businesses call on government to drop gendered term ‘chairman’

In an open letter, bosses said Companies House should instead use neutral term ‘chair’

The Guardian - UK

Replace 'chairman' with more gender neutral term, business groups say

CBI, the British Chambers of Commerce, Make UK and the Institute of Directors have come together to make the plea in the interests of gender parity

Birmingham Post

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Long-delayed and apparently feeble enforcement measures will fail to tackle corruption, it is predicted

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s about bloody time’: UK finally moves to block Russia’s ‘dirty money’

Analysis: against the backdrop of the invasion of Ukraine, Kwasi Kwarteng announces clean-up measures

The Guardian - UK

Truss warns of ‘some economic hardship’ as she gives more detail of Russian sanctions – as it happened

Truss says officials ‘working through the night’ to draw up sanctions against oligarchs; Kwasi Kwarteng in Commons on economic crime bill

The Guardian - UK

Whatever weapons we have against Russian dirty money, Companies House ain't one of them

Businesses are incorporated in the UK with blatantly false details, like the one claiming to have more share capital that the entire world's economic worth

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Companies House failed to probe bosses with names like 'Adolf Tooth Fairy Hitler'

Sheffield University accounting professor and Labour peer Prem Sikka says the UK business registrar’s fails to do any background checks on weird names

Daily Mirror

Plymouth's Eliot Design & Build leaves debts of nearly £4m after going bust

Construction firm ceased trading in late 2020 but scale of creditor claims is now becoming evident with most unlikely to receive cash

Birmingham Post

Council paid millions of pounds to well known brothers' network

A Liverpool council spokesman said: "We are reviewing the figures."

Liverpool Echo

The 'clever' PIF and Amanda Staveley £40m theory amid Newcastle Companies House update

A Companies House update has revealed Newcastle United raised £40m from the sale of a single share

Chronicle Live

List of construction firms that have collapsed into administration since 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic, supply and staffing issues has put huge pressure on the construction industry

Birmingham Post

Pressure grows on UK to beef up measures to tackle economic crime

MPs and experts demand immediate action after shock resignation of minister over £4.3bn Covid loans fraud bill

The Guardian - UK

Plot to fleece the Government's £2billion Kickstart jobs scheme exposed

A network of multiple "invisible" companies accused of being behind scores of fake jobs that raked in £1,500 grants a time

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Daily Record

Dumbarton Football Club's supporters' trust outline "serious concerns" over Sons' future

In an open letter from Sonstrust chair David Brownlee to chairman, Dr Neil Mackay, the trust outline their concerns over transactions against the club registered on Companies House, and the resignation of key boardroom figures, including club secretary Stephen Lynch.

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool developer Peter McInnes: I do not launder money for drugs gangs

Exclusive: Major city developer speaks out over links to figures who became key players in Liverpool's gangland

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